• Zhongguo Zhen Jiu · May 2008

    Meta Analysis

    [Systematic evaluation of therapeutic effect and safety of acupuncture for treatment of depression].

    • Long Wang, Dong-wei Sun, Wei Zou, and Jie-yu Zhang.
    • Section of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of TCM, Harbin 150040, China. wangl_ok@126.com
    • Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 May 1;28(5):381-6.

    ObjectiveTo assess the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on depression.MethodsA systematic evaluation of all relevant randomized controlled trials (RCT) about acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of depression was carried out by the study methods of evidence-based medicine. The data were statistically analyzed with a special analysis software RevMan 4.2.ResultsFourteen papers of RCT met the enrolled criteria. Four of the trials used double-blind method. Meta-analysis indicated that the effective rate was no significant difference between the acupuncture treatment and medication, and acupuncture treatment is better than Amitriptyline in improvement of HAMD scores, but no significant differences as compared with other drugs.ConclusionBoth acupuncture and medication possibly are effective for depression with good safety. However, because of lower methodological quality of the trials, this conclusion needs further be confirmed.

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